Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, this department, on behalf of the Government of the Northwest
Territories, had initiated this project. If we had not initiated this project to bring it higher on the list of priorities for the federal government and if it was left up to the federal government, it would be a very low priority, but because of the different initiatives in the Keewatin area, we pursued it and were successful in coming to an arrangement where they are taking care of 65 percent of the total cost of the project. Thank you.